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GLSA-200903-09 : OpenTTD: Execution of arbitrary code

critical Nessus Plugin ID 35799

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200903-09 (OpenTTD: Execution of arbitrary code)

 Multiple buffer overflows have been reported in OpenTTD, when storing long for client names (CVE-2008-3547), in the TruncateString function in src/gfx.cpp (CVE-2008-3576) and in src/openttd.cpp when processing a large filename supplied to the '-g' parameter in the ttd_main function (CVE-2008-3577).
 Impact :

 An authenticated attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the OpenTTD server.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All OpenTTD users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=games-simulation/openttd-0.6.3'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200903-09

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 35799

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200903-09.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Published: 3/8/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:openttd, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/7/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-3547, CVE-2008-3576, CVE-2008-3577

CWE: 119

GLSA: 200903-09